Negative, unless you can find a post specifically supporting that. -Curt
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 14:12:42 -0400 From: "Larry" <l02tur...@comcast.net> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] M1 15w50 Message-ID: <3D0AF867FD214545B28A8C82C78E7E4D@Acer> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original I thought we said a while back that M1 15W50 wasn't good for diesels because of Soot suspension (or lack of it)? LarryT youroil.net -----Original Message----- From: Allan Streib Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 5:31 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] M1 15w50 Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> writes: > I emailed Mobil and got a reply that since CF was discontinued they > removed it from the bottle but that it still meets CF spec. I thought > CI and CI-4 replaced CF years ago or is that not how that works? Well that's good to know, but I wonder if it still meets the MB 229.1 spec that it used to. Specifically the oil on that spec sheet was "Mobil 1 Tri-Synthetic Formula 15W-50 229.1" Allan -- 1983 300D _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com